MIRRORS

PLANE MIRRORS

• Plane mirrors are flat
• They reflect light in the exact angle it is recieved
• Plane mirrors are used in many things

PLANE MIRRORS

• One use for plane mirrors is a looking glass
• This is my most favorite use for plane mirrors
• This is because you can keep your self looking fresh

PLANE MIRRORS

• Another use for plane mirrors is signaling
• Bright lights were shined on these mirrors and turned on and off using morse code to communicate

CONVEX MIRRORS

• Bulge outwards
• Distort the image, changes the size
• Light rays spread out when they hit the mirror

CONVEX MIRRORS

• We interact with them everyday
• They are very important
• Convex mirror could have saved your life

EXAMPLES OF CONVEX

• A spoon
• Rear view mirrors
• Dentist mirrors
• Security mirrors
• Makeup mirrors

CONCAVE MIRRORS

• Used in reflecting telescopes
• The dished in side of spoon is an example of concave mirror

CONCAVE MIRROR

• The imaginary line normal to the mirror's surface at this point is called the principal optical axis

CONCAVE MIRROR

• When light rays fall on the mirror's surface they reflect according to the law of reflection and converge on a point in front of the mirror called the principal focus

CONCAVE MIRROR

• The principal focus lies on the optical axis at a distance from the mirror's center called the focal length of the mirror